Alberta/Highway relations

This page describes the state of mapping of provincial highways in the Canadian province of Alberta. Alberta's provincial highways are numbered in the 1-216 series (previously primary highways) and 500-986 series (previously secondary highways).

1-216 series highways

Alberta Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)

Alberta Highway 43

Provincial highways numbered in the the 1-216 series are formerly and colloquially referred to as primary highways or simply highways. These are marked with white-and-black squared-off shields, with some one-off variations such as for highways 3 (the Crowsnest Highway), 35 (the Mackenzie Highway) and 88 (the Bicentennial Highway). Use network=CA:AB:primary on the route=road relation, with ref=* holding the highway number.

Highways 1 (the Trans-Canada Highway) and 16 (the Yellowhead Highway) are signed with green-and-White Trans-Canada Highway shields instead of the regular Alberta primary highway shield, and are tagged with network=CA:transcanada.

List

Route number	Names	Relation	Progress
1	Trans-Canada Highway
1A	Bow Valley Parkway		Former alignment through Banff National Park.
	Bow Valley Trail		Former Highway 1 alignment between Canmore and Calgary.
1X
2	Deerfoot Trail (Calgary), Queen Elizabeth II Highway (Calgary northern city limits to Edmonton southern city limits), Northern Woods and Water Route (Athabasca-Donnelly)
2A			Former Highway 2 alignment between High River and Calgary.
			Former Highway 2 alignment between Crossfield and Leduc
			Former Highway 2 alignment between Hondo and Smith
			Former Highway 2 alignment in M.D. of Smoky River and Big Lakes County.
			Former Highway 2 alignment at M.D. of Peace near Grimshaw
3	Crowsnest Highway
3A			Former Highway 3 alignment around Monarch
4
5	Cowboy Trail (Waterton Lakes National Park - Cardston)
6	Cowboy Trail (Waterton Lakes National Park - Pincher Station)
7
8
9
10	Hoo Doo Trail
10X
11	David Thompson Highway
11A			Former Highway 11 around Rocky Mountain House
			Former Highway 11 between Sylvan Lake and Red Deer
12
12A			Former Highway 12 between Bentley and Gull Lake
13
14	Poundmaker Trail
15
16		8719319 8719319 (eastbound) 958203 958203 (westbound)
16A			Former Highway 16 at Jasper
			Former Highway 16 between Evansburg and Entwistle
	Parkland Highway		Former Highway 16 at Parkland County, Stony Plain, Spruce Grove and Edmonton
			Former Highway 16 through Vegreville
17
18
19
20
20A			Former Highway 20 alignment at Rimbey
21
22	Cowboy Trail
22X
23
24
25
26
63
28
28A
29
31
32
33	Grizzly Trail
35	Mackenzie Highway
36	Veterans Memorial Highway
37
38
39
40	Forestry Trunk Route, Kananaskis Highway, Bighorn Highway
41	Buffalo Trail
41A			Former Highway 41 alignment around Medicine Hat
42
43
44		3719825 3719825
45
47
49
50
52
53
54
55	Northern Woods and Water Route
56
58
59
60	Devonian Way	8725761 8725761 (northbound) 10593500 10593500 (southbound)
61
62
63
64
64A			Former Highway 64 alignment around Fairview
66
68
72
88	Bicentennial Highway
93	Banff-Windermere Highway, Icefields Parkway
93A			Former Highway 93 alignment near Jasper
Sherwood Park Freeway			Unsigned Highway 100
201	Stoney Trail, Tsuut'ina Trail
216	Anthony Henday Drive

500-986 series

Alberta Highway 901

Provincial highways numbered in the the 500-986 series are formerly and colloquially referred to as secondary highways or secondary roads. Highway numbered in the 500 and 600 series are east-west roads, with numbers increasing northward from the U.S. border. Highway numbered in the 700 and 800 series are north-south roads, with numbers increasing eastward from the Alberta-British Columbia border. Highway numbered in the 900 series are proposed realignments or extensions of 1-216 series highways, with the route number's second and third digits signifying the highway number it will assume as proposed. These are marked with white-and-black oval shields. Use network=CA:AB:secondary on the route=road relation, with ref=* holding the highway number.